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Top Chinese swimmers competed, won medals in Tokyo Olympics despite failin
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Several athletes who tested positive, including almost half of the swimming team that China sent to Olympics, secured medals, including three golds. Many of these swimmers, including two-time gold medalist Zhang Yufei, still compete for China and are expected to play in the Paris Olympics
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Asian Canoe Sprint Championships: Megha Pradeep secures bronze medal
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Racing at the Sea Forest Waterway, a venue used during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Megha clocked timings of 2:28.027 minutes to finish at third place. Gold and silver medals were captured by Vietnam's Diep Thi Huong (02:18.178 minutes) and Kazakhstan's Ulyana Kisseleva (02:26.645 minutes), as p
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Ten Indian athletes in contention for Olympic quotas during Asian Canoe Sp
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The event, concluding on April 21, will feature 13 Indian athletes. 10 of them will be playing for Olympic quotas. The remaining three athletes will be playing only for medals as they would be involved in non-Olympic categories, as per Olympics.com.
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India finish Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 with nine medals
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Indian contingent finished the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, with nine medals, which included four silvers and five silvers.
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Usain Bolt heads Global Sports Stars attending Laureus 2024 in Madrid
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Jamaican superstar, famous for his trademark victory lightning bolt pose, won four Laureus Awards in his spectacular career in which he won eight Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals between 2008 and 2016
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At 50, senior bureaucrat wins National Powerlifting medals, breaks records
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
At 50, Ekta Vishnoi competed with girls half her age and won a Silver in the deadlift with the best lift of 165kg and a Bronze overall with the best lifts of 132.5 kg in the squat, 70 kg in the bench press and 165 kg in the deadlift. With these lifts, she also broke all records of the Master
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Asian Wrestling Championships 2024: India's Udit wins silver; Abhimanyou,
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Udit won the silver medal in the men's 57kg category at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Abhimanyou (men's 70kg) and Vicky (men's 97kg) also won the bronze medals in their respective weight divisions to take India's tally to three medals
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CS Academy Coimbatore Sweeps District-level Sports Competitions with Over
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 9: In an impressive display of athleticism and dedication, students from CS Academy, Coimbatore, have emerged victorious in various district-level sports competitions for the 2023-2024 academic year. Across a spectrum of sports, including football, tenn
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"Gold medals aren't made overnight": Sania Mirza on anticipation for top p
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A gold medal has always been an elusive dream for India in the Summer Games. In the previous iteration, after putting in years of hard work 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra bagged the sole medal for the nation.
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Olympic Champion Valerie Adams named International Event Ambassador for Wo
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Valerie Adams is arguably the most successful female shot putter of all time. Across her five appearances in the Olympics, she has won two gold medals (in 2008, and 2012), a silver (in 2016) and a bronze medal (in 2020). Notably, Adams also boasts an impressive record of four consecutive gol
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Chirag-Satwiksairaj break Saina Nehwal's BWF number one ranking record
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The hard-hitting duo, which has secured a lot of landmark BWF titles and other championship wins/medals since 2022, has been at the top for 10 weeks. Nehwal, who held the previous record, secured the top position back on August 18, 2015, and stayed there for nine weeks till October 21, 2015,
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Third Sub-Junior National Championship: Haryana crowned champions
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Haryana, the reigning champions in the girls section, successfully defended their title after finishing on top of the table with 64 points. They won 10 medals which included seven gold, one silver and two bronze. Haryana boxers stamped their authority with a dominating display as six out of
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